Flawless drag pageant bends gender archetypes
By Esther Clowney
Published: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
http://www.miscellanynews.com/2.1579/flawless-drag-pageant-bends-gender-archetypes-1.2207612Women have been wearing pants for decades, but men are still ostracized from the skirt and dress community. The flamboyant spectacle of the drag show allows men to appear in public, sans pants. With only two days left before the show, contestants in the Queer Coalition of Vassar College's (QCVC) annual drag show, Flawless Extravaganza, are ramping up their preparations. Mitchell Gilburne '12, whose drag queen name is Medea, has been using the fifth floor of Main House as his personal rehearsal space, crawling on the floor with three backup dancers to a Ke$ha number choreographed by Greg Shapiro '12. Meanwhile, first-time performer Nate Gorlin-Crenshaw '13 has been practicing his harmonica act as he gazes at the new pair of high heels challenging him from their post on his dresser.
